Sunitha Rao R | TNN | Jan 7, 2016, 05.44 AM IST
Bengaluru: You might have been amused hearing about various kinds of goof-ups in Aadhaar cards, but this case will make you and your family get up and check the cards. For, the Aadhaar cards of Vasanthnagar residents Arundhati (name changed) and her husband have different pin codes.
Arundhati's card mentions 560001 as the pin code of her locality, but those of her daughter and husband put the postal code at 560002. This while the actual pin code of Vasanthnagar is 560052.
Arundhati told TOI: "We were told that the Aadhaar has gone in for a GIS-based pin code and that's how the numbers have changed in the cards. Isn't it funny that three persons in the same house have two different pin codes?"
This has irked the postal department too. A senior official from the postal department said, "Pin codes have been devised to help the postman in segregating mails based on the post office that delivers these mails. Pin code is the sole property of India Post. How can UIDAI authorities give their own pin codes?"
Another India Post official said, "The pin code for Vasanthnagar is 560052. Since the delivery post office there faced certain land issues, we closed it down two years ago. Currently, the Vasanthnagar mails are being delivered by the General Post Office. But that does not mean any change in the pin code."
When contacted, UIDAI authorities denied any GIS mapping of pin codes by them. "We have only followed the India Post website for pin codes during enrolment. With regard to Vasanthnagar, the pin code given on the India Post website is 560001 as the post office working in that area was shifted recently. We only go by the details mentioned in the address proof document provided by the applicant. If the applicant produced a faulty address proof, then that's not our fault in case the delivery fails," said Ashok Lenin, deputy director, Unique Identification Authority of India.